Thanks for the memories — er, memorabilia.

Kim Dryden of Tucson, Ariz., who won Mark Granieri's — her ex-husband — immense sports collection in a divorce settlement, is exacting her revenge by selling it all online. "In a ballpark sense," she told KOLD-TV, the local CBS affiliate, "he probably spent $10,000 a year over 17 years (of marriage). Since that was so important, I'm going to sell the things on eBay and gather up receipts and mail them to him."

The last straw, she told the station, came when he took her car and the last of their money and drove off to visit the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. Finally figuring hubby loved his baseball-card collection more than he loved her, she had divorce papers waiting upon his return.

"It's all worth it," said Dryden, rummaging through her ex-husband's cards, caps, clothes and books. "I just sit here and giggle through the whole thing going, 'I'm going to so send this (eBay) link to him and he's going to scream!'

"And there's nothing he can do about it."

Hold the Hefty bags

Rumor has it that Metrodome officials, having caught the environmental bug, can't make up their minds whether to deck the Twins' outfield this season in paper or plastic.

She's the boss

Sally Anthony, a co-owner of the American Basketball Association's Nashville Rhythm, earned nationwide scorn by walking to her team's bench in the middle of Saturday's game and firing her coach on the spot — despite the team's 17-7 record — for refusing to bench a player.

On the bright side, though, Anthony is suddenly the odds-on favorite to become George Steinbrenner's next Yankees GM.

Born to boo

Jim Armstrong of AOL.com predicted that the Eagles would lose the Super Bowl and got the predictable backlash of angry e-mail.

"Tough town, Philly," he wrote. "People from Philly are born mad at the world.

"When they come out, they slap their mothers and boo the doctor."

Talking the talk

• Dan Daly of the Washington Times, noting broadcaster Dick Vitale will be 72 by the time his new contract with ESPN and ABC expires in 2012: "Here's hoping he isn't a Diaper Dandy by then."

• Cam Hutchinson of the Saskatoon StarPhoenix, after the city council approved a plan to set up a red-light district in Liverpool, England: "Finally, NHL goal judges can get some work."

• Comedian Adam Carolla, as quoted by ESPN.com, after the Yankees folded in the playoffs despite big-money acquisition Alex Rodriguez: "You can't just go out and buy a championship ring ... well, unless Dwight Gooden runs out of coke."

• NBC's Jay Leno, on Michael Powell resigning as head of the Federal Communications Commission: "Apparently he wanted to get out before the next Super Bowl halftime show."

Champagne or Cubernet?

It's no secret that Cubs executives, weary of Sammy Sosa's prima-donna ways, can't wait to put on the party hats the moment they finally foist their unhappy slugger on the Orioles.

But Sammy, just to show there's no hard feelings on his part, has reportedly offered to stick around long enough to help uncork the champagne.

Dwight Perry: 206-464-8250 or dperry@seattletimes.com